SUSE Security Update: Security update for xntp ______________________________________________________________________________
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2014:1686-2 Rating: critical References: #910764 Cross-References: CVE-2014-9295 Affected Products: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 LTSS ______________________________________________________________________________
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.
Description:
This ntp update fixes the following critical security issue:
* A potential remote code execution problem was found inside ntpd. The functions crypto_recv() (when using autokey authentication) and ctl_putdata() where updated to avoid buffer overflows that could have been exploited. (CVE-2014-9295 / VU#852879)